NOVANEWS
ALL ABOUT VOTE
Affair
In 2001, it was revealed Jackson had an affair with a staffer, Karin Stanford, that resulted in the birth of a daughter, Ashley, in May 1999. According to CNN, in August 1999, The Rainbow Push Coalition had paid Stanford $15,000 in moving expenses and $21,000 in payment for contracting work.
A promised advance of an additional $40,000 against future contracting work was rescinded once the affair became public.[1] This incident prompted Jackson to withdraw from activism for a short time.[2] Separate from the 1999 Rainbow Coalition payments, Jackson pays $4,000 a month in child support.[3]
Remarks about Jews **
Jackson used “Hymies” to mean Jews and “Hymietown” to mean New York City while talking with the Washington Post reporter Milton Coleman in January 1984. Jackson denied making the remarks and then said Jews were conspiring against him.
When he finally did acknowledge that it was wrong to use the term, he said he did so in private to a reporter.[4] Finally, Jackson apologized during a speech before national Jewish leaders in a Manchester, New Hampshire synagogue, but continuing suspicions have led to an enduring split between Jackson and many Jews.[5]
Among Jackson’s other remarks were that Richard Nixon was less attentive to poverty in the U.S. because “four out of five [of Nixon’s top advisors] are German Jews and their priorities are on Europe and Asia”; that he was “sick and tired of hearing about the Holocaust“; and that there are “very few Jewish reporters that have the capacity to be objective about Arab affairs”.
In 1979, Jackson said on a trip to the Middle East that Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin was a “terrorist,” and Israel was a “theocracy.”[6] Jackson has since apologized for at least some of these remarks. Later Jackson was invited to speak in support of Jewish Senator Joe Lieberman at the 2000 Democratic National Convention.[7]
References
- Dudley, K. (1994). The End of the Line: , Chicago: University of Chicago Press. ISBN 0-226-16908-1
- Jackson, Jesse L., Jr., with Frank E. Watkins, A More Perfect Union: Advancing New American Rights.., ISBN 1-56649-186-X, Welcome Rain Publishers: New York, 2001.
Notes
- ^ “Operation PUSH documents financial ties with Jackson lover”. CNN. February 1, 2001. http://edition.cnn.com/2001/US/02/01/jackson.money/index.html. Retrieved May 6, 2010.
- ^ Salon.com Politics | Jackson retreats
- ^ “Mother wants Jesse Jackson to ‘be a father’ to illegitimate child”. CNN.com. 2001-08-16. http://archives.cnn.com/2001/US/08/16/jackson.mistress/. Retrieved 2008-07-25.
- ^ Thomas, Evan. “Trying to Win the Peace”, Time, July 2, 1984
- ^ a b Larry J. Sabato’s Feeding Frenzy (July 21, 1998). “Jesse Jackson’s ‘Hymietown’ Remark – 1984”. Washington Post. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/politics/special/clinton/frenzy/jackson.htm. Retrieved May 6, 2010.
- ^ Frum, David (2000). How We Got Here: The ’70s. New York, New York: Basic Books. p. 273. ISBN 0465041957.
- ^ “Don’t ask, don’t tell”. Salon. 2000-08-17. http://archive.salon.com/politics/feature/2000/08/16/jackson/index.html.
* See: www.johntyrrell.co.uk
August 24,2007
** Dirty Anti-Semitc Salma told the local voters that Roger Godsiff a Jew hoping she can get the Muslim vote.
